GREENBELT, MARYLANDOuternationalOn view through Jan. 26, US District Court for the District of MD: Greenbelt Division, 101 W. Lombard St.MICA connection: Gabriela Bulisova '02• A joint exhibition, featuring eight participating photographers. Stunning, humanistic photographs from around the world: Holocaust survivors at an assisted living home in Prague; children in Afghanistan; impoverished gold-miners of Peru; victims of the Chernobyl aftermath; people of the Miskito Coast of Honduras; voodoo celebrations of Haiti; landscapes of Eastern Europe.

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLANDIn ResponseOn view Jan. 24-Feb. 25 (reception and gallery talk on Feb. 10, 6-9 p.m.), Stamp Gallery, Adele H. Stamp Student Union, University of MarylandMICA connection: Julie Benoit '10 (M.F.A. in Studio Art), Nicole Herbert '09 (M.F.A. in Studio Art), Leah Cooper '09 (M.F.A. in Studio Art), and Elena Volkova• In Response is a site-specific exhibition aimed at bringing our attention to the overlooked aspects that exist within the space of the Stamp Gallery and University of Maryland. Works by artists Julie Benoit, Elena Volkova, Nicole Herbert and Leah Cooper will highlight what the eyes and ears have edited out; subtle shifts of natural light passing through space, ambient sounds, cracks on the wall and architectural details emphasizing the beauty of what already exists but has been ignored.

WASHINGTON, D.C.BoundOn view through March 5, Hamiltonian Gallery, 1353 U Street NWMICA connection: Katherine Mann '09• An exhibition of new works by Hamiltonian Fellows Katherine Mann and Selin Balci. Whether in Balci's laboratory approach or Mann's painterly exploration, both artists create vivid abstractions, ripe with notions of growth, wonder and subjugation. Within the context of aestheticism, both examine the limits of their medium, as well as notions of humanity within an expanded ecologic understanding of the living world.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIAMICA Takes FlightOn view through Feb. 28, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport's Gallery Walk, Terminal AMICA connection: The show includes 56 works by 30 MICa alumni artists • Building upon the successes of two well-received alumni, student and faculty shows at Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) in the past year, the National Airport exhibition will feature small sculpture, fiber, ceramic and illustration "packages" in six elevated glass cases, and the corridor walls will house 2-D works. The exhibition is coordinated by the Office of Alumni Relations and curated by Michelle Weatherly '98.

Out-of-town shows

MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEYUntiring: Tires, Textures and Triumphs!On view Jan. 30-March 13 (reception on Jan. 30, 2-5 p.m.), 1978 Maplewood Arts Center, 1978 Springfield Ave.MICA connection: Solo show of Chakaia Booker, interim director of the Rinehart School of Sculpture• Internationally renowned sculptor Chakaia Booker will present large-scale works crafted from repurposed automobile tires-similar sculptures made a splash at the Whitney Biennial in 2000. The exhibition is for Black History Month and in celebration of the art center's 10th anniversary.

NEW YORKWhere it Takes You: MICA Alumni Group ExhibitionOn view Jan. 12-Feb. 8 (reception on Jan. 12, 6-8 p.m.), Spattered Columns, 491 Broadway, 5th FloorMICA connection: 17 New York City-area MICA alumni• This juried group exhibition features New York City-area MICA alumni who graduated within the last five decades. Highlighting 17 emerging and established artists, Where it Takes You reminds audiences of the many paths MICA graduates take--physically, aesthetically, or contextually. The exhibition features 2D and 3D works of all media.

NEW YORKTrilogyOn view through Feb. 16, Margaret Thatcher Projects, 539 W. 23rd St.MICA connection: Adam Fowler '01 (printmaking)• The artist's third solo show with the gallery, Trilogy represents Fowler's most ambitious and complex work to date.

NEW YORKUnder PressureOn view through Feb. 3, RARE Gallery, 547 W. 27th St.MICA connection: Jimmy Joe Roche '08 (Mount Royal School of Art)• The second solo show at RARE of video & installation artist Jimmy Joe Roche, a seventh generation Floridian living and working in Baltimore. The exhibitionwill feature four new videos, a hand-cut paper wall sculpture, and a mixed media floor sculpture. (BMA Director Doreen Bolger wrote about it, with videos and images, here.)

NEW YORKJeff Koons: Made in Heaven PaintingsOn view Oct. 6-Jan. 21, Luxembourg & Dayan, 64 E. 77th St.MICA connection: Jeff Koons '76 (general fine arts)• In conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the original Venice presentation of this landmark series, Made in Heaven, Luxembourg & Dayan will show nine major canvases and one glass sculpture from the artist's most renowned body of work.For more information, click here.

NEW YORKAbstract Expressionist New YorkOn view Oct. 3-Apr.25, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 St.MICA connection: Longtime Hoffberger School of Painting Director Grace Hartigan• Drawn entirely from the MoMA's vast holdings, Abstract Expressionist New York underscores the achievements of a generation that catapulted New York City to the center of the international art world during the 1950s, and left as its legacy some of the 20th century's greatest masterpieces. Grace Hartigan's Shinnecock Canal hangs next to masterpieces by artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Joan Mitchell.

KATONAH, NEW YORKMapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary ArtOn view Oct. 3-Jan. 9, Katonah Museum of Art, 134 Jay Street - Route 22MICA connection: Faculty member Joyce Kozloff and Mike Iacovone '09 (MFA in Studio Art) are among the artists showing• In an era of global culture, artists are increasingly exploring maps as both image and cipher. Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art features paintings, works on paper, sculptures, videos, a sound installation, and a live web terminal to address such themes as borders and boundaries, identity and colonialism, journeys-both real and imagined, memory and nostalgia, and tourism and travel.

ATLANTAGibberishOn view through Feb. 28, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, 425 Peachhills Avenue, #25.MICA connection: John Lehr '98 (photography)• New York photographer John Lehr's first exhibition in Atlanta. Sixteen "pop" like images of suburban culture from Lehr's recent exhibition in New York, which was chosen as "Top Pick" by New York Magazine, Artinfo.com and New York Photo Review.

SAN FRANCISCOGraphic Details: Confessional Comic by Jewish WomenOn view Oct. 1-Jan. 30, Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission St.MICA connection: Former student Vanessa Davis, one of 18 artists in this exhibition• The exhibit features the work of 18 female cartoonists who create candid visual memoirs of even the goriest details of their lives.

PORTLAND, OREGONWalls of Heritage, Walls of Pride: African American MuralsOn view Nov. 16-Feb. 13, 2011, Oregon History Museum, 1200 SW Park Ave.MICA connection: Arvie Smith '92 (Hoffberger School of Painting), a former faculty member, is participating in the group show• Walls of Heritage, Walls of Pride is an exhibition about African American murals throughout the United States, with a special focus on those painted by Portland artists. Many of these treasures are unknown outside the artists' local communities. Large format color photos, original mural-related sketches and paintings, as well as actual portable murals will be included in this exciting show.

LOS ANGELESOratorio at the End of a Black RainbowOn view through April 8, 2011, LAX International Airport, Terminal 1, ground floorMICA connection: Large-scale mural commission by Marshall Roemen '00 (painting)• Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) unveiled two tapestry-like paintings totaling over 55-feet wide and over 9-feet high at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Los Angeles artist Marshall Roemen painted Oratorio at the End of a Black Rainbow, a site-specific abstract artwork for the benefit of passengers and the waiting public in Terminal 1 on the Arrivals Level.

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